Monochrome: Black, White & Blue
★ 0.0•2017•1 Seasons•
Jon Brewer examines the history of blues music in America, marrying startling imagery and expert interviews with archival performances to fill in the gaps about the music itself, its origins and the impact it had and continues to have on popular music today.
Top Cast
Morgan Freeman
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Jake Bugg
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Irvin Mayfield
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Lynn Jackaman
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John Mayall
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Allen Toussaint
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Joanne Shaw Taylor
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Charlie Musselwhite
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Keb' Mo'
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Sharlene Sinegal-DeCuir
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Morgan Molthrop
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Robert Plant
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Jimmy Page
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Bono
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Carlos Santana
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Episodes
1. 1762 - 1865
60m"The Blues", the language of the forlorn, grew from slave chants blended with many influences, proving foundational in changing the American south as slaves sought freedom, but they faced great resistance including segregation, oppression and the American Civil War.
Aired: 1/7/2017
2. 1865–1968
60mThe intoxicating essence of New Orleans permeates this episode as it explores the era of Storyville, the struggle for Civil Rights, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination.
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